Minecraft minigame servers are exceedingly popular among gamers, and some servers rack up thousands of unique users on a daily basis.

If you want to play Minecraft with just your friends, the easiest way to do so is to run your own server.

If your server decides to implement a centralized shopping district, a good biome to build in would be a Minecraft mushroom island.

The best Minecraft servers on Java and Bedrock can be hard to find, so we've dug them out for you, alongside instructions on how to host your own if you prefer to.

Learn how to install a Minecraft server on Ubuntu 22.04 so you can keep the fun in-house while teaching your young Linux admins the ropes.